Garment-holder.



IBVING B. LEDERER, 0F PROVIDENCE RHOIDE ISLAND.

GARMENT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 5, 1918. Serial No. 238,289.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IRVING R. Lnonnnn, a ,mtrzen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GarmentlrHolders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a garment holder, more particularly used for connecting together the opposite edges of a soft collar to prevent the same from spreading, and thi invention has'for its object to provide a bar on the under side of which is mounted a pair of spring actuated jaw members adapted to engage the adjacent edges of a collar to retain them in a given position relative to each other.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully de scribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a collar showing my improved clamping bar as retainmg the collar in adjusted position.

Fig. 2- is a view showing the blank as cut from sheet stock from which the bar is formed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the blank as bent up into a channel-bar form.

Fig. is a central sectional edge view of the bar, showing the edge flanges as cut away near the opposite ends thereof.

Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective of the clamping member.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the one piece sheet metal spring. I

Fig. 7 1s a central Stil'iZiOIltl edge view showing the clamps and spring assembled in the bar.

Fig. 8 is a plan view showing the under side of the bar with the parts mounted therein.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the bar member which is preferably blanked out of sheet stock in the form illustrated in Fig. 2 having ears 11 formed integral with the edge thereof, The next operation after cutting out this blank is to swage or draw the same up into substantially the same for i illustrated in Fig. 3, which .is that of a trough or channel shape having its opposite edges 12 turned up to form side flanges, the ends 13 being also turned up to form bitim lips for engaging the fabric. In order to dbtain a more perfect binding and gripping effect I have cut away the edges .ofthese flanges as at 14 near the opposite ends of the bar.

The gripping member 15 is also preferablv blanked out of sheet stock having its end 16 turned inwardly and preferably notched as at 17 to form teeth for better gripping the fabric of the garment. The opposite end of thi nen ier 18 is shaped to form an operating handle. Small pintles 19 are formed integral with the opposite.

.edges of this member, which pintles are adapted t pass through the eyes 20 in the ears 11 for the purp se 5 pivoting these members therein, one at each end of the bar, said members extending in opposite directions with the biting ends adapted to cooper-- ate with the upturned end lip 13 of the bar. In order to provide the necessary gripping tension for these clamping members I have formed a sheet metal spring 21 of a width adapted to loosely lie in the channel between the side flanges 12, its ends 22 being turned outwardly so as to engage the under side of each of the opposite clamping members, to normally hold thesebiting ends closed against the inner face of the bar.

By this construction the spring is retained in position in the back of the bar without. fastening and a single spring mem- Patented Dec. is, rare.

ber formed of sheet metal serves to act upon and operate both of the clamping members, which members are independently operable. The device is extremely simple and practical in construction and is adapted to be most readily attached to the opposite adjacent edges of the collar to hold them firmly in adjusted position and by this construction the face of the bar may be left entirely plain or made as ornamental as desired rendering the device handsome and attractive .in appearance.

The foregoing I description is directed solely toward the construction illustrated, int I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes t which the device is susceptible. the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claim.

I claim A collar holder comprising a channel bar having upturned and biting lips, side flanges on said bar with two pairs of pivot ears,

formed thereon, oppositely extending clampyleldwbiy engaging both of said members to ing members, one pivoted between each pen hold thein normally closed against the bar.

of ears and facing in opposite directions In testimony whereofI affix my signature 10 forming independentl operable jaws, each in presence of a Witness. cooperating with its end lip, and a flat IRVING R. LEDERER. spring in said channel loosely held between Witness:

said flanges having opposite upturned ends HOWARD E. BARLOW. 

